Hockey Scholar: The Bank Pass

Activity

When you do a bank pass, you need to focus on bouncing the puck at exactly the right spot on the boards. In this experiment, you will use a protractor to measure the incoming, middle, and outgoing angles of a pass.

Round 1

1. What is the incoming angle of this pass?  _____degrees

   

2. What is the middle angle of this pass?  _____degrees

   

3. What is the outgoing angle of this pass?  _____degrees

   

Round 2

1. What is the incoming angle of this pass?  _____degrees

   

2. What is the middle angle of this pass?  _____degrees

   

3. What is the outgoing angle of this pass?  _____degrees

   

Analysis

1. Take a look at the data you collected. Do you see any patterns?

2. How does the incoming angle compare to the outgoing angle?

   1. Incoming Angle > Outgoing Angle

   2. Incoming Angle < Outgoing Angle

   3. Incoming Angle = Outgoing Angle

   4. There is no pattern

3. Add up the three angles for each pass, in the table below, and see if you notice anything.

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Grade Level: 4th – 7th
Subject Fit: Math, Science, or STEM
Total Lessons: 6 Math Lessons, 6 Science Lessons
Standards Alignment: US State Math and Science Standards, and Canadian Provincial Math Standards

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The Future Goals Program teaches important skills with a STEM sports curriculum that helps prepare kids for success in life. Using the fast-paced, exciting game of hockey as a STEM learning vehicle, the program helps students understand the real world applications of science and math principles.

Hockey Scholar™ promotes STEM education with the following topics

• Engineering behind equipment
• Calculating ice surface area and volume
• Circumference, area of circles, radius & diameter
• States of matter & phase changes
• Examination of mass, velocity and kinetic energy
• Manipulating variables to run experiments
• Data analysis and drawing conclusions

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